| The rock band Panic! At The Disco offers | | | | Sins Not Tragedies" won an award for Video of |
| fresh sounds for enthusiastic rock fans. They | | | | the Year on MTV's Music Video Awards. |
| are a young group that has made great success | | | | |
| with their debut album, and their fans will | | | | Their album, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," |
| enjoy them for a long time to come. | | | | has also enjoyed success, having gone |
| | | | platinum. Of course, "I Write Sins Not |
| The group was originally formed by Ryan Ross | | | | Tragedies" is the most well-known song, but |
| and Spencer Smith in the suburb of Summerlin, | | | | some of the others on the album have become |
| Las Vegas. Brent Wilson and Brendon Urie | | | | well-known with the music videos that have |
| later joined the group, which was originally | | | | been created for them. |
| called Summer League. They were originally a | | | | |
| garage band that played locally. In the hopes | | | | Panic! At The Disco's live performances not |
| of gaining a music label, they searched out | | | | only feature them in combination with |
| Peter Wentz, bassist for the band Fall Out | | | | headliners but have a circus-like quality |
| Boy, and sent him a link to a site online on | | | | about them. They have dancers and other |
| which he could listen to their music. Liking | | | | performers on stage with them as they perform |
| what he heard, Peter Wentz traveled to them | | | | their own work. They have also covered |
| and listened to them play live. He later | | | | several well-established bands, such as The |
| signed them to his label, Decaydence/Fueled | | | | Beatles and the Smashing Pumpkins. They are |
| by Ramen. Brent Wilson left the band for | | | | currently working on their second album which |
| unexplained reasons which are still quite | | | | is due out sometime this year. |
| controversial and was later replaced by Jon | | | | |
| Walker who currently plays bass for the band. | | | | This one-time, small-town garage band has |
| | | | enjoyed successes that many would envy. They |
| Their single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" has | | | | are enjoyed on more than one continent. Their |
| had much commercial success. They were on | | | | fans have spoken by awarding them for their |
| MTV'S Total Request Live January 17, 2006. | | | | creativity in their video-making and their |
| They first showed their video there, and it | | | | talent as musicians. Their talents are proven |
| was subsequently seen all over the Internet | | | | time and again through the making of their |
| and music television waves shortly after. | | | | wonderful and creative music, as well as the |
| They have published a few other videos since | | | | time and effort that they put into creating |
| then, but none with the same kind of success | | | | their videos. |
| as the first. In fact, the video for "I Write | | | | |